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(11) EP 2 773 282 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
10.09.2014 Bulletin 2014/37

(21) Application number: 12795234.9

(22) Date of filing: 16.11.2012
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61C 5/02(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2012/065469
(87) International publication number:
WO 2013/074896 (23.05.2013 Gazette 2013/21)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 18.11.2011 US 201113300506

(71) Applicant: Dentsply International Inc.
York, PA 17401-3880 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • AMMON, Dan
    Tulsa, OK 74133 (US)
  • SHOTTON, Vincent
    Broken Arrow, OK 74014 (US)
  • GAO, Yong
    Broken Arrow, OK 74012 (US)
  • MAXWELL, Randall
    Broken Arrow, OK 74011 (US)

(74) Representative: Hartz, Nikolai 
Wächtershäuser & Hartz Patentanwaltspartnerschaft mbB Weinstrasse 8
80333 München
80333 München (DE)

   


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